Hajj Rituals - Arafah, Mudzalifah, Mina

Arafah: Our coach left Mecca at 8am and arrived Arafah an hour later. Our Camp 112 located on top of a hill. So we found a spot on the vast hillside opposite our camp during Asr to do our zikr and duas until sunset. Alhamdullillah.

Muzdalifah: We left Arafah after Maghrib for Muzdalifah. Traffic was heavy. Our coach was diverted from the main route by the traffic patrol and we found ourselves stranded among the thousands of pilgrims beside the highway. There was a huge drain separating us from the highway to Mina. Hubby and I got off the coach and set foot on Muzdalifah soil. We laid our prayer mats for us to sit on, near the coach, facing the highway.

We collected 70 pebbles each for stoning the Jamrat at Mina. Hubby also helped collect pebbles and put it in the empty bottles scattered everywhere and threw it across the huge drain for some of the pilgrims who signalled to hubby to help collect the pebbles too.

We were at Muzdalifah until 2am Friday 1 September. Alhamdullillah we managed to leave Muzdalifah after the other pilgrims'coaches behind us reversed and left the area. Kudos to our Indonesian driver who professionally reversed our coach to the main  highway too.

We did not drive to Mina instead we returned to Mecca to do our Tawaf Ifadah and Saie Hajj. (Note: Hubby not wearing his Ihram top, see pic below, because I use it as a pillow when I wanted to sleep. 😁😁😁)
Hubby managed to solat Eid Adha at Masjidil Haram whilst I did mine in our hotel room. 😔
Then when hubby returned from the Masjid we got ready to do our Tawaf Ifadah and Saie Hajj. We left our hotel at 8am and completed both Tawaf Ifadah and Saie Hajj at 10.30am. We also completed our Tahallul Awal. Alhamdullillah.

I was born 10th Zulhijjah 1377. So I am 61 years old today. 😁 Alhamdullillah.

Mina: We left for Mina after solat Asr 10th Zulhijjah. We arrived Mina about an hour later. But our coach was not allowed to drive straight to our camp 211 in Mina.

So we had to walk about a kilometre to our camp. Since we have to pass through the Jamrat to reach our camp, we did our stoning of the Jamratul Aqabah and thus completed Tahallul Thani.

We did Nafar Awal after stoning all the three Jamrat on 11th (8pm) and 12th Zulhijjah (5.30am) and returned to Mecca after our breakfast 3 September at 7am (12 Zulhijjah). Alhamdullillah.

We will be in Mecca until 13 September where we will fly home In shaa Allah.
Thus we have completed our Hajj journey. Alhamdullillah.

"O Allah...if this is our last Hajj please grant us Hajj Mabrur. If not, please let us do our Hajj again and again O Allah."

Nafar Awal - Mina to Makkah

Hubby and I did Nafar Awal. So after stoning the three Jamrats after Solat Fajr, we returned to Camp 112 for breakfast.

After breakfast our group walked about one kilometre from our camp via the tunnel to Makkah outskirts where our coach was waiting to take us to our Hotel.

As we reached the end of the tunnel we saw hundreds of wheelchairs for hire plus the pusher too. I guess the VIP (a Minister) who slept four beds away from me must have used this service when she commuted Makkah/Mina.

I dozed off as soon as the coach moved. So did hubby. When I woke up before reaching Haram I finally saw the pigeons. They were being fed by a Haji who I guess is a local. Alhamdulillah.

Throwback - September 1

Hubby and I did our Tawaf and Saie Hajj after solat Eid Adha. As we walked to Haram we could see and feel the festive atmosphere where we saw the locals donned their 'baju raya' just like we did back home. 

As we entered Haram via King Fahd gate, there was this lady carrying a huge basket and together with her young lovely daughter distributed dates and a packet of fresh bun for us. Alhamdulillah. Our breakfast aka 'alas perut'.

There was a huge crowd doing Tawaf but Alhamdullillah when we did out Solat Sunat Tawaf, we managed to do it behind Maqam Ibrahim. But of course lah, a bit further down. Lots of space to solat and then to dua. Alhamdulillah.

We then drank zam zam water and proceeded to do our Saie Hajj and after completing Saie, we did Tahallul Awal. Alhamdulillah.

I returned to the hotel whilst hubby waited for solat Jumaat at Haram.

After solat Asar, we went to Hotel Rotana to join the other KAWAN pilgrims for our journey to Mina.

It took us about an hour to reach Mina. But the coach could not drive us straight to camp 112. So we had to walk about a kilometre to Camp 112.

BAHAGI 3 DAGINGNYA

BAHAGI 3 DAGINGNYA

Oleh: Abdullah Bukhari bin Abdul Rahim

Insya-Allah pagi ini (2 Spetember 2017) pihak Surau Nur al-Syura, Bandar Baru Selayang akan mengadakan gotong royong korban. Ini adalah tahun pertama saya ikut sama gotong royong ini kerana tidak pulang ke kampong. Apabila berbicara tentang ibadah haji dan korban, antara rujukan paling lengkap berkaitannya adalah surah al-Hajj (surah ke 22). Jika kita tadabbur surah ini kita akan nampak secara umum hikmah dan hukum berkaitan Haji dan Korban. Antara intisari ringkas yang mampu kita ambil manafaat daripada surah ini adalah:

1) Daging korban perlu dibahagi kepada 3 kumpulan iaitu untuk dimakan sendiri, diberi kepada faqir miskin dan diberi kepada sesiapa yang kita mahu.

Makan sendiri dan berikan kepada faqir miskin;

لِيَشْهَدُوا مَنَافِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ فِي أَيَّامٍ مَعْلُومَاتٍ عَلَى مَا رَزَقَهُمْ مِنْ بَهِيمَةِ الْأَنْعَامِ فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا الْبَائِسَ الْفَقِيرَ

Ertinya: (Adanya ibadah haji dan korban) "Supaya mereka menyaksikan berbagai perkara yang mendatangkan faedah kepada mereka serta memperingati dan menyebut nama Allah, pada hari yang tertentu, kerana kurniaan-Nya kepada mereka dengan binatang ternak (untuk dijadikan korban); dengan yang demikian MAKANLAH KAMU DARI (DAGING) BINATANG KORBAN ITU DAN BERILAH MAKAN KEPADA ORANG YANG SUSAH, YANG FAKIR MISKIN (al-Hajj [22:28]).

Makan sendiri dan berikan kepada orang yang meminta dan tidak meminta (tidak termasuk dalam golongan faqir miskin):

وَالْبُدْنَ جَعَلْنَاهَا لَكُمْ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ لَكُمْ فِيهَا خَيْرٌ فَاذْكُرُوا اسْمَ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهَا صَوَافَّ فَإِذَا وَجَبَتْ جُنُوبُهَا فَكُلُوا مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا الْقَانِعَ وَالْمُعْتَرَّ كَذَلِكَ سَخَّرْنَاهَا لَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

Ertinya: Dan Kami jadikan unta (yang dihadiahkan kepada fakir miskin Makkah itu) sebahagian daripada syiar ugama Allah untuk kamu; pada menyembelih unta yang tersebut ada kebaikan bagi kamu; oleh itu sebutlah nama Allah (semasa menyembelihnya) ketika ia berdiri atas tiga kakinya maka apabila ia tumbang (serta putus nyawanya), MAKANLAH SEBAHAGIAN DARIPADANYA, DAN BERILAH (BAHAGIAN YANG LAIN) KEPADA ORANG YANG TIDAK MEMINTA DAN YANG MEMINTA. Demikianlah kami mudahkan dia untuk kamu (menguasainya dan menyembelihnya) supaya kamu bersyukur (al-Hajj[22:36]).

Dalam kedua ayat di atas apa hikmahnya Allah seakan mengarahkan kita “TURUT MAKAN DARIPADA DAGING” yang kita korbankan? Menurut para ulama Tafsir ia bagi membezakan ibadah korban umat Islam dengan ibadah korban orang jahiliah yang mengharamkan empunya daging makan daripada korbannya.

2) Keikhlasan sangat penting dalam ibadah korban kerana taqwa yang sampai kepada Allah dan bukan dagingnya:

لَنْ يَنَالَ اللَّهَ لُحُومُهَا وَلَا دِمَاؤُهَا وَلَكِنْ يَنَالُهُ التَّقْوَى مِنْكُمْ كَذَلِكَ سَخَّرَهَا لَكُمْ لِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَبَشِّرِ الْمُحْسِنِينَ

Ertinya: DAGING DAN DARAH BINATANG KORBAN ATAU HADIAH ITU TIDAK SEKALI-KALI AKAN SAMPAI KEPADA ALLAH, TETAPI YANG SAMPAI KEPADANYA IALAH AMAL YANG IKHLAS YANG BERDASARKAN TAQWA DARI KAMU. Demikianlah Dia memudahkan binatang itu bagi kamu supaya kamu membesarkan Allah kerana mendapat nikmat petunjuk-Nya. Dan sampaikanlah berita gembira (dengan balasan yang sebaik-baiknya) kepada orang yang berusaha supaya baik amalnya (al-Hajj [22:37]).

Islam adalah agama yang sesuai dengan manusia. Ibadahnya diperolehi tuan sendiri di dunia dan di akhirat.

* Dapatkan nota Tafsir terdahulu dan perkongsian berkaitan Tadabbur al-Quran di:

https://www.facebook.com/notatafsirabdullahbukhari

https://www.facebook.com/Tadabbur-Centre-432946623753927/

Dapatkan buku penulis:

http://www.telagabiru.com.my/produk/buku/fail-sulit-mimpi

http://pts.com.my/S=e25b12b6e5fe2e54576c4c3b35587d6fea5e66f4/buku/ceritera-haji-wartawan-al-quran-tuhan-kami-datang/

http://pts.com.my/buku/ayat-ayat-syaitan-mombongkar-rahsia-jin-syaitan-dan-iblis-dalam-al-quran/

http://pts.com.my/buku/apabila-tuhan-berbicara/

http://pts.com.my/buku/berjalan..melihat..mentafsir-ceritera-wartawan-al-quran/

HARI ARAFAH (31 AUG 2017)

Berkata Imam Nawawi rhm. tentang Hari Arafah:

"Sesungguh hari ini adalah sebaik-baik hari dalam setahun untuk berdoa.
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Maka adalah digalakkan agar memperbanyakkan zikir, doa dan bacaan Al-Quran.

Berdoalah dengan segala doa yang dikehendaki, dan berzikirlah dengan pelbagai zikir.

Berdoalah untuk diri sendiri, kedua ibubapa, kaum-kerabat, para pendidik dan guru, sahabat-handai,
rakan-taulan, semua orang yang dikasihi, mereka yang berbuat baik kepadanya dan seluruh kaum muslimin.

"Beringatlah agar tidak ketinggalan, kekurangan, cuai dari amalan ini. Kerana hari ini tidak akan berulang lagi."

[Sumber: Dinaqalkan dari Kitab al-Azkar Li an-Nawawi, Cetakan Darul Minhaj, ms333].

#ANAB, Hari Arafah 1438H - 31/8/2017.

Pre Wukuf@Arafah

I was craving to eat a beef burger and so after solat Zuhor at Haram, I bought this beefburger and bryani rice with grilled chicken at a fast food outlet within Hilton Mall.

I ate the beef burger for lunch. The bryani chicken I kept for dinner with hubby later tonight.

The other pilgrims in our Andalusia group will be leaving for Mina after solat Asar. They are following the Hajj Tarwiyah where it is a sunnah which our beloved Prophet Muhammad SAW did during his Hajj. 

The main road opposite our hotel were already deserted since many pilgrims too have left Makkah for Mina too.

Hubby and I had our dinner in our room when we returned from Haram after solat Eshaq.

Our room has an electric stove. So for dinner I heated the briyani chicken rice bought this afternoon. Luckily there's a cookerhood installed to suck up the smell and smoke. (Next time must bring small pan or kuali if stay here again. Love my room and this.hotel too. 😁)